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"Wil Reichert" <wil.reichert@×××××.com> posted |
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7a329d910705292138k76ece020gdf1d226405cb1fff@××××××××××.com, excerpted |
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below, on Tue, 29 May 2007 21:38:17 -0700: |
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> On 5/29/07, Joshua Hoblitt <jhoblitt@××××××××××.edu> wrote: |
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>> On Wed, May 30, 2007 at 02:33:18AM +0200, Florian D. wrote: |
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>> > FYI, genkernel is creating an initrd, not an initramfs, which is the |
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>> preferred way nowadays. |
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>> > Information on how to setup an initramfs can be found at: |
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>> > http://lldn.timesys.com/docs/initramfs |
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>> Umm, I think you need to check your facts. genkernel creates a gzip'd |
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>> CPIO archive named "initramfs-genkernel-arch-versionstring"... |
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> So the command 'genkernel initrd' creates a file called 'initramfs-...' |
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> which contains files called etc/initrd.defaults and etc/initrd.scripts. |
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> Poor naming conventions but it looks like an initrd to me. |
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It's possible I'm mistaken on this since I've not used an initrd/ |
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initramfs either one since the kernel switched with 2.6 (vs. 2.4 and |
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before), but from my reading, 2.6 kernels make an initramfs, not an |
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initrd. However, many still call it an initrd, simply because that's |
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what it was, for years. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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